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Gateway to Sindarin
David Salo
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Description for Gateway to Sindarin
Paperback. A serious look at J. R. R. Tolkien's elvish tongue Sindarin, by means of its grammar, morphology, and history. Supplemental material includes a vocabulary, Sindarin names, and a glossary of terms. Num Pages: 438 pages. BIC Classification: CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 176 x 28. Weight in Grams: 592.
From the 1910s to the 1970s, author and linguist J. R. R. Tolkien worked at creating plausibly realistic languages to be used by the creatures and characters in his novels. Like his other languages, Sindarin was a new invention, not based on any existing or artificial language. By the time of his death, he had established fairly complete descriptions of two languages, the 'elvish' tongues Quenya and Sindarin. He was able to compose poetic and prose texts in both, and he also constructed a lengthy sequence of changes for both from an ancestral 'proto-language,' comparable to the development of historical ... Read more
From the 1910s to the 1970s, author and linguist J. R. R. Tolkien worked at creating plausibly realistic languages to be used by the creatures and characters in his novels. Like his other languages, Sindarin was a new invention, not based on any existing or artificial language. By the time of his death, he had established fairly complete descriptions of two languages, the 'elvish' tongues Quenya and Sindarin. He was able to compose poetic and prose texts in both, and he also constructed a lengthy sequence of changes for both from an ancestral 'proto-language,' comparable to the development of historical ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Utah Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
438
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
591g
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, United States
ISBN
9780874809121
SKU
V9780874809121
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About David Salo
David Salo is a doctoral candidate in linguistics at the University of Wisconsin. He was the primary linguistic consultant to film director Peter Jackson for the Lord of the Rings movie series.
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David Salo ... wrote A Gateway to Sindarin after his work on the films
it's the single best print resource for the language.
Voya Voice of Youth Advocate David Salo wrote A Gateway to Sindarin after his work on the films it's the single best print resource for the language. Voya Voice of Youth Advocate ... Read more
it's the single best print resource for the language.
Voya Voice of Youth Advocate David Salo wrote A Gateway to Sindarin after his work on the films it's the single best print resource for the language. Voya Voice of Youth Advocate ... Read more